Improvement in bushings for warp-beams



@will @time Letters Patent No. 110,450, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUSHINGS FOR WARP-BEAMS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maldng part`of the same.

I, RICHARD FERGUSON, of the city of Louisville,

county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, 4have in.

vented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Sleeve oi the Warp-Beam of Cotton-Looms, described in the following specification. i

The nature of my invention consists in a square nietalsleeve made tapering on the outside, with a- In placing the beam in position, one sleeve is slipped onto the beam-shaft, and secured in its proper place by the set-screw. The beam is next slipped onto the shaft, and pressed snug upon the sleeve, which thereby becomes imbedded in the socket of the beam at that end. rlhe other sleeve is then -slipped onto the shaft, and pressed tight into the other socket, in which position it also is secured by its set-screw.

When necessary to change the beam or spool, all` that is required is to slip off one sleeve, and the beam will drop olf easily. By .this means the beam is held securely in its place, and properly centered without further trouble, which ,I claim as al great advantage over the manner of fastening now in common use, where wooden keys are `used,w.hiel 1 greatly tend to injure the end of the' beam,and require much time and trouble toget it properly centered on the shaft. Having thus fully described the nature of my i-nvention, a more perfect understandingI of it may be had by reference to the drawing, in which` "Figure l is a perspective view of the sleeve de-A tached, and4 Figure 2 is a view showing the sleeves applied, the spool or warp-beam being in section;

A isrthe sleeve. B is the hole in the center. C is the set-screw, by means of which it is secured to the shaft.

D is a lng on the side, in order to prevent the wooden beam from turning on it.

E represents the spool or warp-beam, and F the shaft. Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

vThe adjustable tapering metal sleeve A, having a longitudinal opening, B, with parallel sides, andA an adjusting set-screw, C, in combination with a remov able warp-beam and its shaft, constructed and arranged as described, and for the purpose set forth.

` RICHARD FERGUSON.

Witnesses: v

E. F. HUYCK, JOHN MOTSCHMAN., 

